"We will see to it that no harm comes to you—"
"We cannot," the Ninth—the psychologist—broke in. "Before any screen is released I suggest that we question him verbally, under the influence of the drug which renders it impossible for any warm-blooded oxygen breather to tell anything except the complete truth."
The suggestion, so eminently sensible, was adopted forthwith.
"Are you the Lensman who has made it possible for the Patrol to drive us out of the Tellurian Galaxy?" came the sharp demand.
"No," was the flat and surprising reply.
"Who are you, then?"
"Philip Morgan, class of—"
"Oh, this will take forever!" snapped the Ninth. "Let me question him. Can you control minds at a distance and without previous treatment?"
"If they are not too strong, yes. All of us specialists in psychology can do that."
"Go to work upon him, Overlord!"